Islam and Christianity

ta’âlâ’s individuality, His attributes and His actions. This
knowledge cannot be obtained by thinking or with the intellect.
Allâhu ta’âlâ bestows it upon His beloved ones. The second kind
of knowledge concerns worldly mysteries. This miracle may be
bestowed upon disbelievers as well as His beloved ones. The first
kind of miracles is valuable. They are granted to those who are on
the right path and loved by Allâhu ta’âlâ. But the ignorant think
that the second one is more valuable. When they hear the word
“miracle” they consider only the second type. Anybody who
cleans up his soul (nafs) by refraining from people and by hunger
can understand the mysteries of creatures. But because most
people always give more importance to worldly things, they
consider the ones who have the second kind Awliyâ. They do not
appreciate the truthful ones. They say that if they were real
Awliyâ they would be able to inform us about our situation. Using
this invalid logic they deny Allâhu ta’âlâ’s beloved slaves.”
In the 260th letter, he wrote: “Being a Walî means getting
closer to Allâhu ta’âlâ. The miracles related to creatures may be
endowed upon those who have attained this rank. An abundance
of miracles do not prove that the owner, the Walî, has a high rank.
A Walî does not have to know that miracles are emanating from
himself. Allâhu ta’âlâ may make the figure of a Walî visible in
different countries at the same moment. He is seen, doing
marvelous things in places quite far from one another. But he is
unaware of all these things. There may be some Walîs who are
aware of their state, but they will not reveal it to strangers becasue
they do not attach importance to them.”
Ibni Hajar Mekkî (radiy-Allâhu ’anh), who is the darling of
the Ahl-as sunna scholars and whose words are taken as a proof,
conveys the following hadîths immediately before the chapter
“Ihtiqâr” in his book Zawâjir: “I take an oath by Allâhu ta’âlâ
that the worship performed by those who have eaten a piece of
harâm food will not be accepted for forty days.” And, “Salât
which has been performed with a shirt on bought with harâm
money will not be accepted.” And, “The alms given from harâm
money will not be accepted. His sins will not be reduced.” Sufyâni
Sawrî says that doing pious deeds and establishing foundations
with harâm money is like washing dirt with urine.
A true Muslim does not perform his acts of worship as a show
before others. Worship is done secretly, or performed in a
congregation in mosques. When a good Muslim wants to do
something benevolent or give alms to a person, he does it
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